Acltyranthes. pentandria monoqyma. f>75 



spice plants from the Moluccas. Flowers during the cold 

 season. 



Root ramous, annual. Stem scarcely any, but several pairs 

 of opposite, diffuse, round, smooth, coloured branches. Lea r, g 

 opposite, sessile, oblong-, entire, coloured. Spikes terminal, 

 solitary, filiform, sub-erect. Flowers scattered, reflected, ge- 

 nerally two together. Bractes (or calyx) three to the two 

 flowers, with the same number of fascicles of hooked red 

 bristles as in A. lappacea. Nectary with five, two-toothed 

 hornlets, alternate widi the filaments, and wilh them united 

 into a membranous ring round the base of the germ. Germ 

 sub-pedicelled. Style single. 



8. A. sericea. Koen. Mss. 



Stem erect, downy. Leaves opposite, broad lanceolate, 

 covered with much silky down. Peduncles axillary, longer 

 than the leaves, bifid or trifitl, many-flowered. 



A large, straggling annual, growing in sheltered shady 

 places in a dry sandy soil. 



Root single. Stem erect, with many long spreading branches 

 resting on the ground, or something else ; all arc round, and 

 covered with silky down. Leaves opposite, petioled, broad- 

 cordate, acute, covered with very soft *i!ky down, about an 

 inch and a half long. Peduncles axillary, opposite, round, 

 downy, as long as the leaves, each ending in two, three, or 

 more, spreading-, winding- filiform spikes. The rest as in the 

 genus. 



9. A.ferrvyinea. R. 



Annual, flaccid. Leaves opposite, obovate. Spikes sub- 

 corneal, peduncled and sessile. Nectary five-toot lied ; each 

 tooth ending in a proper antheriferous filament. Stigmas en- 

 tire. 



Beny. Rwktr/ Sumchee. 



Hind. Lal-Stnncb.ee. 



A small annual, wild in gardens, or about the borders of 

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